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The LIFE MIXforChange project contributes to adaptation and greater resilience of Europe's mixed sub-humid Mediterranean forests in the face of climate change by ensuring their conservation and maintaining their productive, environmental and social functions The project’s main challenge is to define new forest management models which address climate change, involving different types of formations within sub-humid Mediterranean forests. These natural formations constitute ecosystems which are highly vulnerable to climate change. One of the project’s greatest challenges is therefore to define specific management measures which can be put into practice immediately..
Identification of reference stands for detailed study and the design of specific adaptation actions. Agreements signed with landowners for implementing demonstration projects on the forest estates selected. Implementation of innovative management models in forests mainly comprised of Quercus ilex subsp. ilex, Castanea sativa, oaks (Quercus petraea, Q. pubescens, Q. canariensis) and Pinus sp. over a total of 164 ha. Development of new tools to improve the economy around the management of sub-humid Mediterranean forests (quality-based tree classification protocols, research and cataloguing of high added value products, pilot logistics and marketing systems for non-processed forest products). Design of new tools for integrating climate change adaptation of sub-humid Mediterranean forests into policy and the legal framework (vulnerability models, technical and policy guidelines, review and adaptation of the legal framework). Assessment of the ecological, forestry and socio-economic impacts of the project using a highly precise annual monitoring system. Communication and dissemination directed at different target audiences (landowners, forestry experts and managers, local politicians and government, general public) at local and international level (including networking).
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Catalan Centre for Science and Technology (CTFC)Forest Ownership Centre (CFP)Association of Forest Owners of Serra de Bellmunt-Collsacabra (APFSBE)Association of Landowners of Montnegre Corredor (APMC).
Spain